Re:A man spent a year in jail on murder charge that hinged o...
by smt88 on Sunday August 22, 2021 @10:25AM
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The only people saying ShotSpotter is amazing technology are ShotSpotter's PR team.
By all other accounts, it doesn't work at all and is losing contracts.
> "...a study of Chicago police data found that over a nearly 22-month period ending in mid-April, almost 90% of ShotSpotter alerts didn’t result in officers reporting evidence of shots fired or of any gun crime."[1]
> "In four years, police have made two arrests while responding to a ShotSpotter activation. Lt. Shawn Takeuchi, an SDPD spokesman, could only confirm that one of those arrests was directly related to the activation, but declined to give more information on both."[2]
By all other accounts, it doesn't work at all and is losing contracts.
> "...a study of Chicago police data found that over a nearly 22-month period ending in mid-April, almost 90% of ShotSpotter alerts didn’t result in officers reporting evidence of shots fired or of any gun crime."[1]
> "In four years, police have made two arrests while responding to a ShotSpotter activation. Lt. Shawn Takeuchi, an SDPD spokesman, could only confirm that one of those arrests was directly related to the activation, but declined to give more information on both."[2]
1. https://apnews.com/article/chicago-police-crime-shootings-be...
2. https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/public-safety/shotspo...